Conrad DueckSubmitted by The playoff atmosphere was in full swing Tuesday night at Fort High as the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League semi-finals took place. Fans were cheering, there was lots of talking on the court, great basketball plays were on display, and there even was an “upset.” The first […]
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Staff The past two years, Aaron Bujold knocked on the door of NWOSSAA badminton supremacy but wasn’t allowed to come in. This time, he blew the door to smithereens. The Grade 11 ace upgraded from his two silver medals in senior boys’ singles play at the last two NWOSSAA championships […]
Staff Brett Hahkala is proving to be an integral part of the playoff march of the Powassan Voodoos in the NOJHL. The Fort Frances forward had a goal and an assist Saturday to help lift Powassan to a 3-2 win over the Blind River Beavers to give them a 2-0 […]
Staff Two local volleyball coaches will be in on the ground floor of a new provincial program designed to further the development of grassroots players. Amy Wilson-Hands and Terry McMahon will oversee the tryout process for the Region 1 team that will be selected to take part in two province-wide […]
Staff Hudson Mann and his team left their opponents “Thunder”-struck. The Fort Frances native, who now lives in International Falls, helped the Minnesota Thunder to a 7-1 record and first place in the Platinum Division of the Heartland National Wrestling Duels competition held in Council Bluffs, Iowa over the weekend. […]
Staff One’s a player and one’s a coach–but both are thrilled. Forward Cooper Witherspoon of Fort Frances was chosen as one of the 20 players who will make up Team Hockey Northwestern Ontario at the 2017 OHL Gold Cup on May 4-7 in Kitchener. Witherspoon had 14 points in 20 […]
Press Release The Backus Community Center and Koochiching County Department of Public Health/State Health Improvement Partnership (SHIP) would like to invite and encourage the community to attend the “Pennies for Play” carnival and picnic set for April 25. Everyone also is urged to bring their coins to dump into the […]
Staff Molly Carlson’s last recognition of her freshman diving season for the Florida State Seminoles was among her best. The Fort Frances native was one of two individual recipients, along with junior Natalie Pierce from the Seminoles’ women’s swimming and diving team, of a “Golden Nole” Award at a special […]
Press Release Weddings are joyous occasions but planning one is not always simple. Among the endless to-do lists and countless decisions to be made, you also need to make sure your paperwork is in order and that the person you’ve asked to perform your marriage ceremony is authorized to perform […]
Joey Payeur The young and the limitless. It’s an appropriate description of the Muskie track-and-field team after it tasted action for the first time last Thursday at the Bronco Booster Track & Field Invite varsity meet at Falls High School. More than three-quarters of the squad this season are Grade […]
Press Release Fort Frances High School students in Robert Guertin’s Grade 11 and 12 Manufacturing classes, and Christine Jean’s Kinesiology class, recently learned about high-tech innovations while taking part in a knee replacement demonstration. “The purpose of the session is to connect our students to the work world, and not […]
Staff Bowlers representing Sunset Country earned medals at the 2017 Open provincial championships held April 12-15 in Dryden. Jeff Watts of Fort Frances earned the fifth and final berth in the men’s singles competition after averaging 268.3 over the 10-game preliminary roll-offs held Wednesday afternoon. Watts then won his first […]
